The Carriage
Similar to conventional forklifts, the lifting attachment could be tilted from its horizontal position to forwards and backwards. The actual amount of tilt possible completely exceeds that of vertical mast lift trucks. There is a large variety of lifting attachments offered, and this positioning ability makes them as efficient as possible.
Nearly all telehandlers have the capability of tilting to a position that is actually parallel to the ground. Several units have rotating carriages too. This allows the operator to adjust the lifting attachment radially. This translates to the load being able of being tilted backwards and forwards, as well as side to side.
Load Capacity
Knowing the load capacity of a telehandler is a much different exercise than it is on a vertical mast model. The capacity of the model is entirely dependent on such things as: the amount of boom transaction deployed, if this is applicable and boom extension and angle, whether the unit is lifting on rubber tires or on outriggers. In addition, which lifting attachment plays a very important role, as does the wind, the grade the machine is operating on and so on. All of these specifics can be changing on a constant basis and this gives the operator a lot more information to take into consideration.
Telehandlers would often have several different load charts available to them, giving them a good reference they could utilize to determine a certain lift's load capacity. Depending on the configuration of the boom and the unit in particular, the load capacity may differ by thousands of pounds all together.